SPARCT: STEM Professional Academy for Reinvigorating the Culture of Teaching

这扩大实施示范循证改革（WIDER）规划补助金提供干教师在佛罗里达墨西哥湾沿岸大学与循证实践和课程设计的培训。通过参加STEM专业学院振兴教学文化（SPARCT），教师正在学习STEM教学变革的指导原则。智力优势：通过应用罗杰斯的创新扩散，一个变化的理论，SPARCT正在创建SPARCT教师和更大的大学气候之间的持续变化。该项目涵盖了所有主要的STEM学科，并包括来自艺术和科学，教育和工程学院的教师参与者。 SPARCT将内容专家与教育专家相结合，加强了对教学的理解，并成为其他大学的示范项目。 SPARCT教师的培训包括参加为期三周（每天4小时）的STEM夏季学院，然后是一个为期一年的教师学习社区，同行观察培训以及参加系列研讨会。 作为SPARCT教师测量和评估他们的教学实践的效果，他们也评估该计划。 学科和计划的研究结果都在整个STEM学习社区传播。更广泛的影响：通过涉及至少25%的佛罗里达墨西哥湾沿岸大学的干教师，SPARCT正在创建一个干学者社区，重振跨学科的连接，发展学习线索，并增加大学社区的潜力，以改变教学文化。SPARCT针对STEM入门课程，从而对STEM和非STEM专业的学生招聘，保留和学习产生积极影响。此外，SPARCT正在帮助培养更多的“STEM素养”人口，从而使佛罗里达西南部的STEM劳动力更加强大，更具竞争力。

This Widening Implementation & Demonstration of Evidence-Based Reforms (WIDER) planning grant provides STEM faculty at Florida Gulf Coast University with training in evidence-based practices and course design. By participating in the STEM Professional Academy for Reinvigorating the Culture of Teaching (SPARCT), faculty are learning guiding principles for change in STEM instruction. Intellectual Merit: By applying Rogers' Diffusion of Innovation, a change theory, SPARCT is creating ongoing changes among SPARCT faculty and within the larger university climate. The project encompasses all main STEM disciplines and includes faculty participants from the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Education, and Engineering. Combining content experts with educational experts, SPARCT is strengthening pedagogical understanding and serving as a model program for other universities. Training for SPARCT faculty includes participation in a three-week (4 hours per day) STEM Summer Academy followed by an academic year-long faculty learning community, training in peer observation, and participation in a seminar series. As SPARCT faculty measure and assess the effects of their teaching practices, they also evaluate the program. Both disciplinary and program findings are disseminated throughout the STEM learning community. Broader Impacts: By involving at least 25% of Florida Gulf Coast University's STEM faculty, SPARCT is creating a community of STEM scholars, reinvigorating interdisciplinary connections, developing learning threads, and increasing the university community's potential to transform the teaching culture. SPARCT targets introductory STEM courses, thereby positively impacting student recruitment, retention, and learning among STEM and non-STEM majors. Moreover, SPARCT is helping to develop a more "STEM-literate" population, therefore enabling a stronger, more competitive STEM workforce in Southwest Florida.